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Sprint (s FON) and Cogent networks are back talking to each other — at least temporarily. After the two companies severed networks on October 30, there has been wide spread criticism of the severing of the networks.

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According to Alex Muse, DSLReports and GigaOm, Cogent and Sprint de-peered this morning in a tiff of some kind.  Cogent claimed this year that it was settlement free - coupled with its roots in the PSInet backbone network made it a Tier 1 provider. Cogent has had issues with other backbones including Level3 and Telia.

Cogent is incensed at the move,saying it violates a contractual obligation to exchange internet traffic on a settlement-free peering basis, and is taking legal action. It wants Sprint-Nextel to re-establish the link on the same basis.

So Cogent decided to make an offer:

Cogent is taking the moral high ground, and offering every Sprint-Nextel wireline customer that can’t connect to Cogent’s customers a free 100MBps internet connection until Sprint reconnects, though it says it can’t do the same for wireless users. [IT examiner]

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Sure it is not like the early 2000s when those crooks from Enron were driving the prices of bandwidth down into the ground, but even today prices on Internet Bandwidth continue to fall. If you are a consumer, there is a good chance you are wondering what is Om talking about: after all broadband service […]

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